Former wildlife officer / game warden with the State of California, Savannah Morgan joins Ed to discuss her team's investigation of a South Korean national who masterminded a plant poaching and trafficking operation in Southern California. Ed adds his perspective as a US Fish and Wildlife Service special agent serving overseas at the right time and place to help capture and extradite the notorious trafficker.

Former special agent Sean Mann joins us to talk about his work investigating an eagle poaching incident in California that led to a subject involved in trafficking eagle parts.

Tune in for my in-person conversation with the awesome and formidable Special Agent Erin Dean as she tells us what it was like to lead and oversee the largest and most populated geographical district in the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, and about her experience investigating a dangerous wildlife trafficker who also dabbled in drug trafficking and human trafficking!

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Join the conversation with Special Agent Steve Stoinski as he guides us through his investigation into the illegal killing of a grizzly bear on the remote Barber Point Road in Wyoming.

Former US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Corky Roberts talks to us about what it was like to be working in a remote single-agent duty station only to come across a monkey smuggler who used a surprising and ingenious smuggling technique.

Former Tennessee state wildlife officer Shawn Karns talks with us about his undercover work that exposed Russian organized criminal groups behind the threat to our native fish stocks, such as the paddlefish. How do you say "Maybe we should kill these guys" in Russian? Tune in to find out. For more information about Shawn's organization, the Wildlife Investigators Training Alliance (WITA), visit www.witatrain.org

Join the conversation with US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Steve Furrer as he tells us about the importance and complexity of habitat destruction investigations. Laugh with us as he describes how his prime suspect turned red faced and told him he'd do everything he could to get Steve transferred to a different duty station. Steve's career tenacity and excellent service led to him receiving the Guy Bradley Award in 2016.

Former US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Keith Swindle talks about a long-term investigation he conducted in Hawaii involving threatened and endangered sea birds. Keith also provides interesting insight into the importance of sea birds to the Hawaiian Islands and to native Hawaiian culture.